All pages with keywords: patents

Staying with the leaders: Europe’s path to a successful low-carbon economy

Staying with the leaders: Europe’s path to a successful low-carbon economy

a policy paper by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Misato Sato 6 February, 2014

Neuhoff, K., Acworth, W., Dechezleprêtre, A., Dröge, S., Sartor, O., Sato, M., Schleicher, S., and Schopp, A. 2014. Climate Strategies. Berlin, Germany and London, UK.


Knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies: a patent citation analysis

Knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies: a patent citation analysis

a working paper by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Ralf Martin, Myra Mohnen 1 October, 2013

How much should governments subsidize the development of new clean technologies? We use patent citation data to investigate the relative intensity of knowledge spillovers in clean … read more »


Fast-tracking “green” patent applications: an empirical analysis

Fast-tracking “green” patent applications: an empirical analysis

a working paper by Antoine Dechezleprêtre 1 March, 2013

This paper presents the first empirical analysis of programmes to fast-track ‘green’ patent applications in place in seven Intellectual Property offices around the world. We find … read more »


Invention and transfer of climate change–mitigation technologies: a global analysis

Invention and transfer of climate change–mitigation technologies: a global analysis

a research article by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Matthieu Glachant 16 June, 2011

This article uses the European Patent Office Worldwide Patent Statistical Database to examine the geographic distribution and global diffusion of inventions in thirteen climate-mitigation technologies since 1978. read more »


Low-carbon innovation in the UK: evidence from patent data

Low-carbon innovation in the UK: evidence from patent data

a policy paper by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Ralf Martin 10 April, 2010

UK policy makers increasingly see new technologies related to the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a potential source of income growth for the UK economy. In this study, … read more »


Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale: a study drawing on patent data

Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale: a study drawing on patent data

a working paper by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Matthieu Glachant 4 February, 2010

Our paper uses the EPO/OECD World Patent Statistical Database(PATSTAT) to provide a quantitative description of the geographic distribution of inventions in thirteen climate mitigation technologies since 1978 and their international diffusion on a global scale. read more »


Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale: A study drawing on patent data. Report for AFD (French Development Agency)

Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies on a global scale: A study drawing on patent data. Report for AFD (French Development Agency)

a research article by Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Matthieu Glachant 18 March, 2009

Accelerating the development of less GHG intensive technologies and promoting their global diffusion—in particular in fast-growing emerging economies—is imperative in achieving the transition to a low-carbon economy. read more »